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Re:Show HN: Tired of doing coding interviews on Skype? We've... by benjamincharity on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @09:12AM (#7428372)
My biggest problem with coding interviews is not the actual communication tool (Skype/etc) but rather that the developer is pulled completely out of their environment. Take away my vim/snippets/custom key bindings/ide plugins/etc and then ask me to code? Feels like you're cutting off one of my arms right before you measure my performance.
Re:Show HN: Tired of doing coding interviews on Skype? We've... by why-el on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @09:23AM (#7428427)
If you are asked a question that you think you can't reasonably answer without your environment, then either you are too dependent on it or the question was unreasonable. In both scenarios just tell the interviewer that and I am sure there will be other ways.
Re:Show HN: Tired of doing coding interviews on Skype? We've... by Bluestrike2 on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @03:59PM (#7431399)
It's more an issue of comfort through familiarity for me, and I'd imagine, for most programmers in general.

Sit me down in front of Visual Studio and I can write code just fine. It's just I do so while consciously thinking about the editor and how I'm using it more than I would in my preferred vim environment, where things are largely subconscious through familiarity.

Re:Show HN: Tired of doing coding interviews on Skype? We've... by asadlionpk on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @09:18AM (#7428408)
I am a developer myself. I agree that most of the interviews are biased (forcing us to use whiteboard, paper).

We had a little feature idea to include a screensharing mechanism so developers can use their ide. But sadly, only chrome supports that feature as of yet. We would probably add it later.

Re:Show HN: Tired of doing coding interviews on Skype? We've... by Yoric on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @10:45AM (#7428912)
Firefox developer here: if you need a feature, feel free to get in touch.

I assume that you mean WebRTC, and we have had it for a long time. Some bits are deactivated by default, but you can activate it with preferences if you need. I assume that any interviewee can be expected to reach into their prefs.

Re:Show HN: Tired of doing coding interviews on Skype? We've... by asadlionpk on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @02:59PM (#7430889)
I agree that the candidate should be able to go to prefs and enable features. But I guess that is not an ideal solution. We can temporarily opt for this option though.
Re:Show HN: Tired of doing coding interviews on Skype? We've... by TheMakeA on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @12:58PM (#7430073)
WebRTC works as a transport mechanism, but does Firefox actually allow for screen capture?